and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate them up:

and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side.

So the servants came to their master, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? whence then are the tares?

Another parable delivered He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.